Baseball Historians

August 18, 1977 at Tiger Stadium
Yankees 5, Tigers 4  (69-50)
The Yankees won their fifth straight game and it was their tenth win in eleven games.  This time it was Mickey Rivers who got it done from the leadoff spot.  He went three for five with three RBIs and a run.  Willie Randolph also had a [...]

August 17, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 7, Tigers 5  (68-50)
The Tigers scored four unanswered runs but the closest they could come is to within two runs as the Yankees won their fourth straight game.  Ed Figueroa improved to 12-8 but his start was hardly spectacular.  He gave up five runs on twelve hits and two [...]

August 16, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 11, White Sox 10  (67-50)
The Yankees blew a five run lead in the top of ninth only to come back and win it with a two run walk off homer in the bottom of the ninth by Chris Chambliss.   Chris Chambliss finished the game with three runs and three [...]

August 13, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Angels 6, Yankees 5  (64-50)
The Yankees five game winning streak came to an end in a twelve inning loss to the Angels.  Sparky Lyle was called on to throw more innings in a game since mid-May and he finally caved in and gave up a run in his sixth inning [...]

July 29, 1967 at the Oakland Coliseum
Yankees 4, Athletics 0  (56-45)
Ron Guidry fell one out short of throwing a five hit shutout but his pitching performance was impressive none the less.  Guidry gave up just five hits and five walks with seven strikeouts and the win pushed his record to 8-5 on the season.  Guidry [...]

July 26, 1967 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, Orioles 4  (54-44)
Reggie Jackson hit a tenth inning walk off solo homer to win it in dramatic fashion for the Yankees in their extra inning win over the Orioles.  They needed a two run pinch hit homer in the bottom of the ninth to win it as well [...]

July 22, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Brewers 6, Yankees 3  (51-44)
Mike Torrez fell to 8-10 on the season with a tough start in the Yankees second straight loss to the Brewers.  He gave up five runs on eight hits and three walks with three strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.  Sparky Lyle was also tagged for a [...]

July 21, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 7, Brewers 0  (51-42)
Catfish Hunter got the Yankees off to a nice start at they opened up the second half with a shutout win over the Brewers in the first game of a doubleheader.  Hunter gave up just five hits and two walks with three strikeouts and the complete [...]

July 14, 1967 at County Stadium
Yankees 6, Brewers 3  (50-39)
Reggie Jackson had a big day at the plate as he led the Yankees in their win over the Brewers.  He went two for four with two homers and three RBIs and the two longballs bring his season total to fifteen.  Rookie George Zeber also made [...]

July 11, 1977 at Memorial Stadium
Yankees 4, Orioles 3  (48-38)
Mike Torrez was crusing along in this one and he had a 3-1 lead going into the seventh inning.  He then gave up two runs in the seventh and he allowed the winning run to reach base in the ninth as the Orioles came from behind [...]

July 9, 1977 at Memorial Stadium
Orioles 6, Yankees 5  (48-36)
The Yankees made two key errors in the eighth inning that helped lead to three unearned runs as the Yankees blew a two run lead in a loss to the Orioles.  Sparky Lyle too the loss and he gave up those three unearned runs and Ron [...]

July 5, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, Indians 4  (46-35)
The Yankees played a back and forth game against the Indians, but once Sparky Lyle came into the pitch, the Indians were pretty much completely shut down.  He held the Indians to just a single hit in 4 1/3 shutout innings to close out the game [...]

July 2, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Tigers 4  (43-34)
The Yankees came back from a 4-1 deficit to beat the Tigers in a hard fought win.  Roy White doubled home two runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game up and then Fred Stanley belted a two run homer in the bottom of [...]

June 26, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, Red Sox 4  (40-31)
The Yankees won their fourth straigth game despite blowing a three run lead in the ninth.  Don Gullett took a 4-1 lead into the top of the ninth and then he gave up three runs as the Red Sox tied it.  Fortunately, Paul Blair singled [...]

June 24, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Red Sox 5  (38-31)
The Yankees had a huge come from behind win here against the Red Sox.  With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Roy White belted a two run homer to tie the game and send it into extra frames and then Reggie Jackson singled home Graig Nettles in the [...]

June 10, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Twins 1  (33-24)
The Yankees got it done and won for the third straight time behind a solid outing by Ron Guidry.  He improved to 4-2 and he gave up one run on seven hits and four walks with eight strikeouts in 8 1/3 innings.  Sparky Lyle got the [...]

June 5, 1977 at Comiskey Park
Yankees 8, White Sox 6  (29-23)
The Yankees made good use of the long ball as they won the rubber game in their series with the White Sox.  Five different Yankees belted homeruns and they accounted for seven of the eight Yankees runs.  Thurman Munson, Carlos May, Reggie Jackson, George Zeber [...]

June 4, 1977 at Comiskey Park
Yankees 8, White Sox 6  (28-23)
Yesterday, it was the White Sox who put seven runs on the board in one inning.  This time the Yankees did it as they scored seven of their eight runs in the second inning.  Thurman Munson singled, drove in two and scored a run while [...]

June 2, 1977 at Metropolitan Stadium
Yankees 10, Twins 3  (27-22)
The Yankees poured on the hits as they blew out the Twins 10-3.  Lou Piniella had a nice game and he went two for four with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  Chris Chambliss went two for four with a triple, one RBI and three [...]

June 1, 1977 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 4, Yankees 3  (26-22)
A 3-1 lead turned into a 4-3 loss in a hurry as Ron Guidry and Sparky Lyle couldn’t get it done in the ninth inning.  After coasting through eight innings, Guidry gave up a run in the ninth and left two runners on before Sparky Lyle [...]

May 27, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 8, White Sox 6  (24-19)
Thurman Munson had a big day at the plate in the Yankees win in their series opener with the White Sox.  He went two for four with a double, a triple, three RBIs and a run.  Reggie Jackson homered and drove in two runs while [...]

May 25, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, Rangers 2  (23-18)
Gil Patterson outdueled Bert Blyleven in the front of end of a doubleheader with the Rangers.  Patterson improved to 1-1 on the season and he gave up two runs on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.  Sparky Lyle threw 2 [...]

May 21, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Orioles 4, Yankees 3  (20-16)
The Yankees and Orioles scored almost as many runs in extra innings as they did through their regulation nine.  The Orioles tied it up 2-2 in the seventh and then scored first in extra innings with a run in the eleventh, but the Yankees answered with [...]

May 17, 1977 at Oakland Coliseum
Yankees 5, Athletics 2  (19-14)
The Yankees won a tough one as they beat the Athletics in fifteen innings.  They took a 2-0 lead into the ninth only to have Ron Guidry finally get tagged for two runs to send the game into extra frames.  Then six innings later, the Yankees [...]

May 1, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, Marines 2  (12-9)
The Yankees won their fourth straight game behind a nice outing by Ken Holtzman.  He gave up just two runs on ten hits and two walks with a strikeout in six solid inning.  Sparky Lyle closed it out and picked up his six save with three [...]

April 29, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, Mariners 0  (10-9)
Ron Guidry got his first start of the season and he pitched a gem.  He threw 8 1/3 shutout innings and he struck out eight Mariners.  Sparky Lyle got the final two batters out and he picked up his fifth save of the season.
Thurman Munson accounted [...]

April 27, 1977 at Memorial Stadium
Yankees 4, Orioles 3  (9-9)
The Yankees got back to winning with a come from behind win over the Orioles.  Down 3-1, the Yankees scored single runs in each of the final three innings to walk away with the win.
Chris Chambliss hit homerun number four of the season and his run [...]

April 25, 1977 at Memorial Stadium
Yankees 9, Orioles 6 (8-8)
The Yankees pitching didn’t get the job done but the hitting did and the net result was the Yankees sixth straight win.  Reggie Jackson brought a big bat.  He went three for four with two double, his second homerun, two RBIs and three runs.  Mickey Rivers [...]

April 21, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 8, Blue Jays 6 (4-8)
The Yankees won back to back games for the first time this season behind a strong game at the plate by Chris Chambliss.  The firstbaseman went three for four with two doubles, a homerun, five RBIs and two runs.  Graig Nettles hit his first homerun [...]

April 20, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 7, Blue Jays 5 (3-8)
The Yankees finally ended their skid and beat the expansion Blue Jays.  The Yankees scored five runs in the first two innings and held off a late inning surge by the Blue Jays to walk away with the win.
Don Gullett picked up the win and [...]